The Warlords
2009 ‘Tau ming chong’ Directed by Peter Chan, Wai Man Yip
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A heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi.
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"The Warlords" was one of my most anticipated Wuxia films when I saw the trailer few years go. I was eager to see some of my most favorite actors, Hong Kong's A list, Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kanershiro rounded up in a film awesomely directed by Peter Chan. This film was loosely based on a historical event in China, The Taiping-Rebellion. However, even though this film is quite a great epic in its depiction of the grande battle, the mass murder, the philosophy and its entertainment value, I regret Chan's option in using a very distracting dull, grayish color tone throughout the film though I'm sure he must have had his own logical reason and so far, I…
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Episches Schlachtengemälde welches Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau und Jet Li in einem Film vereint. Das Epos überzeugt durch seine sich entwickelnden Charaktere, die den Film davor retten sich in seinen verschwenderischen & bombastischen Kampszenen zu verlieren. Fesselnd!
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"The Warlords" was one of my most anticipated Wuxia films when I saw the trailer few years go. I was eager to see some of my most favorite actors, Hong Kong's A list, Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kanershiro rounded up in a film awesomely directed by Peter Chan. This film was loosely based on a historical event in China, The Taiping-Rebellion. However, even though this film is quite a great epic in its depiction of the grande battle, the mass murder, the philosophy and its entertainment value, I regret Chan's option in using a very distracting dull, grayish color tone throughout the film though I'm sure he must have had his own logical reason and so far, I…
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Despite featuring Jet Li’s best performance and some epic battle scenes I didn’t really warm to this, at least until the final 30 minutes. I just didn’t feel a connection with any of the characters and without that emotional involvement all the battle scenes in the world are just so much wasted effort. So I’d give this 2.5 stars for the first 90 minutes but the final 30 gets a 4.5 as it delivers everything the rest of the film lacked with the added bonus of an excellent Jet Li fight scene.
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Very decent historical hack and slash epic with an ending played out as Greek tragedy. The visuals are lavish but the plot is merely fair-to-middling. Worth it for the impressive battles scenes and the interplay between its stars, Jet Li, Andy Lau, and Takeshi Kineshiro
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The fighting felt so out of place. It was a serious drama until guys started karate-ing each other.
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Phu, ich bin ja nun wirklich kein Fan grosser, epischer Filme aus dem Reich der Mitte, irgendwie scheint mir alles ständig so aufgeblasen und überbordend emotional zu sein. Nein, asiatische Filme waren und sind nicht mein Ding und werden es wohl oder übel auch niemals sein.
Nun ja, es gibt sie natürlich, die allseits bekannte Ausnahme der Regel! Und in gewissen Ansätzen ist dies The Warlords ein bisschen. Aber eben: nur ein bisschen…
Schön ist, Jet Li mal wieder zu sehen; unschön hingegen sind die Nahaufnahmen von ihm. Herrgott, der werte Herr ist ja mal richtig alt mittlerweile. Ok, der Zahn der Zeit mag an ihm nagen, das hindert ihn aber nicht daran, die Scheisse aus allem und jedem zu…